Senior DevOps Engineer (Contract) - Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD

Artha Nexgen; Grand Rapids, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Artha Nexgen in Grand Rapids, MI seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure cloud infrastructure. On-site role with emphasis on Kubernetes, AWS, IaC, and modern CI/CD practices. You will collaborate with multiple teams to improve deployment processes and platform reliability.

The ideal candidate will have strong Kubernetes administration, deep AWS experience, and proficiency with IaC tools like AWS CDK and Terraform, plus scripting and automation skills.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure.
• Strong Kubernetes administration and container orchestration skills.
• Proficient in IaC with AWS CDK and Terraform.
• Hands-on CI/CD pipeline development using CodePipeline or Jenkins.
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and optimize Kubernetes clusters for scalable workloads.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning with IaC and cloud services.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.
• Monitor reliability, performance, and cost efficiency of platforms.
• Collaborate across teams to enforce DevOps best practices and tooling.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate engineering tasks and troubleshooting.

Skills

Kubernetes administration

AWS cloud

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

Python

Bash

Git workflows

Cloud security

Troubleshooting

Incident response

Tools

AWS CDK

Terraform

AWS CodePipeline

Jenkins

Apache Kafka

Prometheus

Grafana

Dynatrace

CloudWatch

Job description

Artha Nexgen in Grand Rapids, MI seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure cloud infrastructure. On-site role with emphasis on Kubernetes, AWS, IaC, and modern CI/CD practices. You will collaborate with multiple teams to improve deployment processes and platform reliability.

The ideal candidate will have strong Kubernetes administration, deep AWS experience, and proficiency with IaC tools like AWS CDK and Terraform, plus scripting and automation skills.